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(No Model) w A. GUDMUNSEN & J. B. GADDIE. LIGHTING ATTACHMENT.

N0. 582,735. Patented May 18,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEETCE.

ABRAHAM GUDMUNSEN AND JAMES B. GADDIE, OF LEI-II CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNORSTO THE LEHI NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

LIGHTING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,735, dated May 18,1897.

Application filed July 31, 1896. Serial No. 601,220. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM GunMUNsnN and JAMES B. GADDIE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Lehi City, in the county of Utah andState of Utah, have invented a new and useful Lighting Attachment, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to igniting devices for lamp, gas, and otherburners, and is designed particularly as an improvement on the lightingattachment described in Letters Patent No. 509,563, dated November 28,1893.

The object of the improvement is to simplify, cheapen, and increase theusefulness and efficiency of the attachment, to reduce the number ofparts, and provide a construction of compact form.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention'an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showingthe invention applied to a lamp-burner.

-is a vertical longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment disconnected fromthe burner. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the attachment. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the feeder and its actuating-lever.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference-characters.

The invention is designed to be applied to the various styles andpatterns of burners, whether using oil or gas, for lighting them withoutrequiring the striking of a match or the application of a lighted taperor splint. Inasmuch as the device is particularly designed forlamp-burners, it is shown in this connection in the drawings, the burnerillustrated being of ordinary form and comprising a wick-tube 1,galleried frame 2, and cone 3.

The attachment comprises a casing 4 to contain the roll of fulminate, atube 5, extending from a side of the casing and terminating within ashort distance of the wicktube, and a feeder 6 for moving the fulminatestrip 7 through the tube 5. The casing 4 is secured to the burner in anysubstantial and convenient way and is open at one side for theintroduction of the roll of fulminate or for any required purpose, adoor or cover 8 closing the open side of the casing, so as to protectand retain the roll of fulminate in place. An edge portion of the caseis cut and folded upon itself, forming a stop 9,which limits thebackward movement of the feeder by engaging with the lever 10. The lever10 is mounted upon a stud 11, projecting from the closed side of thecase, and is provided with a finger-grip 12, by means of which the leveris vibrated to advance the fulminate strip through the feed-tube.

The feed tube 5 curves throughout its length, and the side adjacent tothe wick-tube 1 is removed so as to expose the fulminate when ignited toadmit of the flame being communicated to the wick or gas, so as to lightthe same. An igniter 13 is secured to the feed-tube 5, and its terminalportion projects across the path of the fulminate strip, so as toexplode the fulminate when it is required to light the lamp or gas. Thisigniter 13 is elastic, so as to spring aside to admit of the fulminatestrip feeding forward the proper distance.

The feeder comprises a curved arm 14 and a spring-strip 15, the latterbeing secured to or forming a part of the curved arm and operatingwithin the end portion of the feed tube, whereas the curved arm 14' liesexterior to the lower or outer portion of the feed-tube. The springportion 15 operates through an opening 16 in a side of the feed-tubeintermediate of its ends, and the extremity of the curved arm 14 isadapted to engage with the projecting portion of the side above theopening 16, so as to limit the forward movement of the feeder, the rearmovement being limited by the lever 10 engaging with the stop 9 in themanner aforesaid. By having the upper or outer portion 15 of the feedermade elastic it will conform tothe shape of the feed tube and can bemade comparatively thin, so as to occupy a small space, therebyadmitting of the feed-tube being compact and of small proportions. Theroll of fulminate being placed within the casing,an end portion thereof,as 7, is passed through the feed-tube 5, and when it is required tolight the lamp the lever 10 is vibrated so as to advance the feeder, thelatter carrying the strip of fulminate forward and beneath the igniter,which latter, by reason of its spring action, will explode the fulminate and produce a flame suffieient to light the wick. The feeder isreturned to a normal posit-ion by actuating the lever, and the frictionof the strip in the feed-tube and the action of the igniter thereon willbe sufficient to prevent the strip from moving backward when the feederis returning to an initial position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1.Inalighting device, the combination of a casing for receivinga roll offulminate, a l'eedtube extending from the casing and having the terminalportions of the side adjacent to the burner cut away, an igniter securedto the cut-away side of and projecting across the path of the tube, alever pivoted to the closed side of the casing and provided with a fingergrip, an arm exterior to the tube and having pivotal connection withthe said lever, and an elastic feeder operating within the closedportion of the feed-tube and having connection with the said arm,substantially as set forth.

2. In a lighting attachment, the combination of a casing, a feed-tubecurving in its length and extending from the casing, and having theterminal portions of its outer side cut away, a springdgniter secured tothe said cut-away side and having its terminal portion extending acrossthe path of the tube, a lever eceentrically pivoted to the closed sideof the casing and bearing a finger-grip, a rigid arm exterior to thefeed-tube and having pivotal connection with the lever, a spring-feederoperating within the closed portion of the feedtube and havingconnection with the said arm, and stops for limiting the throw of thefeeder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The hereindescribed lighting attachment, comprising a casing forreceiving a roll of fulminate and having an edge portion cut and foldedupon itself to form a stop, a'feedtube extending from the casing andhaving a terminal of the side adjacent to the burner cut away, aspring-igniter secured to the cutaway side and extending across the pathof the tube, a lever pivoted to a side of the casing and provided with afinger-grip, an arm exterior to the feed-tube and having connection withthe lever, and limited in its backward movement by engaging with theaforesaid stop and in its forward movement by ongaging with a portion ofthe aforesaid cutaway side of the feed-tube,and a spring-feederoperating within the outer portion of the feedtube and having connectionwith the arm, substantially in the manner set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM GUDl-HUNSEY. JAMES B. GADDIE. Witnesses:

Lungs llxnwooo, D. T. FOWLER.

